Premier Giorgia Meloni has agreed to meet the new head of magistrates union ANM amid a dispute over controversial plans to reform the Italian justice system and amid a string of other political-judicial issues in Italy.
    Rightwing Brothers of Italy (FdI) leader Meloni responded positively to a request for a meeting with the government by the newly elected head of the ANM, Cesare Prodi, who is a member of a right-wing faction in Italy's famously politicised judiciary, Magistratura Indipendente.
    Parodi in the meantime confirmed a magistrates' strike on February 27 against the plan to separate the career paths of judges and prosecutors so they can no longer switch between the two.
    The ANM and opposition politicians say this is a move aimed at eventually putting prosecutors under the wing of the government and allegedly weakening Italy's balance of powers, a suggestion Justice Minister Carlo Nordio has consistently rejected.
   

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